“The only time I break into a cold sweat is when people congratulate me on my retirement,” Wolf said. He’ll focus on strategic initiatives, such as figuring out how to electrify Cape Air’s 100-plane fleet.

Wolf, who turns 65 next year, will keep an office at Cape Air’s Barnstable headquarters and remain as the airline’s chairman. The longtime chief executive is handing over the controls to Linda Markham, his lieutenant, on Jan. When Dan Wolf steps down as CEO of Cape Air at the end of the month, he won’t be flying off into the sunset. “Hopefully,” she said, “our third chapter is our fresh start.” She breaks down the early years of the casino into three chapters, with “rough start” and “pivot and learn” being the titles of the first two. But the high vaccination rates in the Northeast, the casino’s main market, have Holaday hopeful. The recent surge in COVID cases has caused some uncertainty.

The project also includes a parking garage and elevated walkway across Broadway to the casino. Then there’s the activity across the street: Wynn is looking to develop four blocks along Broadway, starting with an 1,800-seat events space and a two-story restaurant the casino operator is in talks with Ed Kane of Big Night Entertainment Group to manage the events space.

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